We are currently working every day from 07.00 until 19.00, with the occasional additional day at weekends. From 13 May until the end of November, we will be working through until 23.00 over a five-month period – and this will also include Saturdays. There is expected to be minimal noise disruption, if any. You will however see more activity, including construction workers walking in and out of the tunnel. At night, we will also need lighting for our work on our construction site underneath the tracks and the A10 Zuid.
Challenges
At the end of 2023, the area where we are working was affected by subsidence underneath the most central railway and metro tracks. This caused some delay to the works on the retaining walls in that area. At the same time, we are building the new passenger tunnel while Amsterdam Zuid station and the adjacent A10 Zuid orbital motorway are fully in use. All of this requires the services of many people with the expertise needed and they are not always available. Equally, the materials required are not always available when we need them. As a result of this, and the earlier subsidence underneath the track, we have already completely used up the additional time we set aside in order to deal with any setbacks. The structural works on the Brittenpassage are now running around three weeks behind schedule.
Milestone in November
Currently, the main focus of this schedule is on late November this year, when two railway tracks at Amsterdam Zuid station will be out of action for a nine-day period. This will not only affect Amsterdam Zuid station, which is already becoming increasingly busy. It will also have an impact on regional accessibility and even on national railway traffic. This is why we need to apply for permission two years in advance. We are now stepping up a gear in order to make it possible to start the works scheduled to take place when the station is out of action.
Permission for working longer hours
In the Netherlands, construction work is normally permitted between the hours of 07.00 and 19.00. This is in order to prevent too much disruption to the local area and, in the case of Zuidas, to workers, hotel guests and students. In order to be able to work longer hours, we have applied for and received permission from the North Sea Canal Area Environmental Service. Of course, our colleagues on the construction site will also be making additional efforts to prevent unnecessary disruption to the local area.
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